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HAPPINESS: n. a state of well-being and contentment

adj. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of man

(n) “knowledge obtained from investigation, study, or instruction”

PAGAN: n. one who is not a Christian, Muslim, or Jew; one who professes no religious belief

PEACE: freedom from civil or inner disturbance

n. a high or overweening opinion of one’s own qualities, attainments and attitude of superiority over and contempt for others; inordinate self-esteem

REASON: to think or argue in a logical manner

SACRIFICE: n. an act of offering to a deity something precious; something given up

SCIENCE: knowledge or a system of knowledge covering general truths or the operation of general laws

Twain’s novel as the story of a boy who learns conscience and loyalty on the river.

Why the oldest story in written form may be the best classic to offer young men today.

Dickens’s novel of the French Revolution and its themes of sin, death, and resurrection.